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Move

In one sentence: Moves or copies selected Draft objects by a displacement vector defined by two picked points.


Overview

Workbench: Draft
Menu: Draft → Modification → Move
Command: Draft_Move


Step-by-step

  1. Select the objects to move.
  2. Activate Draft → Modification → Move.
  3. Pick the base point (origin of the displacement).
  4. Pick the target point (destination).
  5. Optionally press P to make a copy instead of moving.

Options during operation

Key Action
P Toggle copy mode (make a copy, leave original)
A Toggle relative mode (target is offset from base)
G Toggle global mode (use global coordinates)

Python API

import Draft

obj = App.ActiveDocument.getObject("Wire")
Draft.move([obj], App.Vector(50, 0, 0), copy=False)
App.ActiveDocument.recompute()

See also